KULARTS

KULARTS The nation's premiere presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts

KULARTS has three major program components:

KULARTS PRESENTS showcases contemporary and tribal Pilipino art through works by local American Pilipino and international Philippine artists. Kularts engages the public in contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts and culture through full-length concerts, evenings of shared programming, and through visual arts exhibits & installations. EDUCATION ARTS PROGRAM educates diverse American communities in Pilipino art forms and their influence on contemporary performing arts in both school and community settings. PHILIPPINE TRIBAL TOUR is a 2-3 week immersion tour of the Philippines' indigenous communities designed for U.S.-based artists.

Connect to self and community through sound, stillness, and movement based practices shared facilitated by tributur alum...
09/16/2026

Connect to self and community through sound, stillness, and movement based practices shared facilitated by tributur alumni, Trish Ong (TTUR 2011 & 2025), and Rachel Lastimosa (TTUR 2024), and KULARTS board president, Vicool Patel (TTUR 2023 & 2025). bring your energy and curiosity to gather at KULARTS’ new space and help plant the seeds that enable us all to thrive.

Amidst the active shifts shaping our internal and shared worlds, come learn how to build arelationship with stillness and movement, enabling connection to our selves and to community. as you cultivate a relationship with your own body, you will begin to understand how that connection mirrors relating with others.

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KULTIVATING KAPWA ACROSS SOUND, STILLNESS, AND MOVEMENT

WORKSHOP DATE:
Sunday, October 4th, 2026
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

LOCATION:
KULARTS & APICC Arts Center
67 Langton St, San Francisco CA, 94103

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN:
www.KULARTS-SF.ORG/KULTIVATING-KAPWA

Please register to secure your spot!
Drop ins are not available.

Learn T’Boli Dance Technique & Traditions by T’Boli Master Artist, Yebong Lyn Amfan! 🪷🎋REGISTER FOR CLASS TODAY: https:/...
09/15/2026

Learn T’Boli Dance Technique & Traditions by T’Boli Master Artist, Yebong Lyn Amfan! 🪷🎋

REGISTER FOR CLASS TODAY:
https://www.kularts-sf.org/lynpmair
(Spots are limited)

Workshop Date:
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
6:30pm - 8:00pm

VENUE: 
KULARTS and APICC Arts Center
67 Langton St, San Francisco, CA 94103 

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Prior to the workshop class, witness how Alleluia Panis DanceTheater choreographer of Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre integrates traditional T’Boli dance technique alongside her western modern dance training to create a new diasporic language of contemporary Pinoy dance technique in the upcoming dance production 𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒!

𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 | Tickets now available
www.kularts-sf.org/tubong

🎍🌼 KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists in Tubong to Living Ancestors. Three-night tribute of music, dance, film, and poetry arrives as Filipino American History Month and Indigenous Peoples day. Directed & Choreographed by “Manai” Alleluia Panis with Music Direction by John Calloway. Featuring live performances by Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble. 🪷🌺

Show Dates 🗓️
8:00 PM, Friday, October 9, 2026
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 10, 2026
5:00 PM, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Venue 🏟️
Dance Mission Theatre
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

09/11/2026

𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 Director and Choreographer “Manai” Alleluia Panis (Alleluia Panis DanceTheater ) takes us inside her artistic process, exploring what it means to cope, create, and respond to the ever changing world around us 🌺

How do you respond to the world through your work? Let us know your story in the comments down below!

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𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
www.kularts-sf.org/tubong

KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists in Tubong to Living Ancestors Three-night tribute of music, dance, film, and poetry arrives as Filipino American History Month and Indigenous Peoples day. Directed & Choreographed by “Manai” Alleluia Panis with Music Direction by John Calloway. Featuring live performances by Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble.

Show Dates:
8:00 PM, Friday, October 9, 2026
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 10, 2026
5:00 PM, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Venue:
Dance Mission Theatre
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

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The production transforms the stage into an immersive sacred space where Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre, John Calloway and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble, and select legacy artists perform new works alongside restaged excerpts from the 1990s productions “Cycles: Timeless Rituals to Ancient Icons” and “Diwata,” exploring the intersection of indigenous ritual and contemporary performance to pay homage to our legacy artists.

*Tubong [too-bung], also known as “Putong,” means “to crown.” It is a communal ritual performed to honor village elders, traditionally
practiced by the Tagalog people.

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KULARTS ARCHIVES
“DIWATA” (1995) excerpt
Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre
Steindler Stage, San Francisco
(Formerly Theatre Artaud Z Space )

09/09/2026

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐦 (Genevieve Lim ), San Francisco’s ninth Poet Laureate and the first Chinese American in the role. Author of the award-winning play “Paper Angels” and co-author of the American Book Award-winning “Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island.”

Genny is an honoree for the evening and will be performing LIVE on Friday, October 9th for the opening night performance of 𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒

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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
www.kularts-sf.org/tubong

KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists in Tubong to Living Ancestors Three-night tribute of music, dance, film, and poetry arrives as Filipino American History Month and Indigenous Peoples day. Directed & Choreographed by “Manai” Alleluia Panis with Music Direction by John Calloway. Featuring live performances by Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble.

Show Dates:
8:00 PM, Friday, October 9, 2026
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 10, 2026
5:00 PM, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Venue:
Dance Mission Theatre
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

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The production transforms the stage into an immersive sacred space where Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre, John Calloway and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble, and select legacy artists perform new works alongside restaged excerpts from the 1990s productions “Cycles: Timeless Rituals to Ancient Icons” and “Diwata,” exploring the intersection of indigenous ritual and contemporary performance to pay homage to our legacy artists.

*Tubong [too-bung], also known as “Putong,” means “to crown.” It is a communal ritual performed to honor village elders, traditionally
practiced by the Tagalog people.

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Performance recording from September 26, 2025, at the KULARTS 40th Anniversary Gala “Eternal Flame”

Video recording by: Ken Francis Villa Ken Francis (ᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

Learn traditional Kulintang music from scratch in five hands-on lessons by the one and only Conrad Jaminola Benedicto of...
09/08/2026

Learn traditional Kulintang music from scratch in five hands-on lessons by the one and only Conrad Jaminola Benedicto of Kulintang Dialect ! No experience needed to go from basic rhythms to full ensemble play.

REGISTER FOR CLASS TODAY:
https://www.kularts-sf.org/kulintang-workshop
(Spots are limited)

Class Dates:
Wednesday in October: 10/14 & 10/21 Wednesday in November: 11/4, 11/11 & 11/18 6:30pm - 8:00pm

VENUE: 
KULARTS and APICC Arts Center
67 Langton St, San Francisco, CA 94103 

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Prior to the first class, catch Conrad perform Kulintang LIVE along side the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble:

𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 | Tickets now available
www.kularts-sf.org/tubong

🎍🌼 KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists in Tubong to Living Ancestors. Three-night tribute of music, dance, film, and poetry arrives as Filipino American History Month and Indigenous Peoples day. Directed & Choreographed by “Manai” Alleluia Panis with Music Direction by John Calloway. Featuring live performances by Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble. 🪷🌺

Show Dates 🗓️
8:00 PM, Friday, October 9, 2026
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 10, 2026
5:00 PM, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Venue 🏟️
Dance Mission Theatre
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Prior to the first class, catch Conrad perform Kulintang LIVE along side the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble:

𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 | Tickets now available
www.kularts-sf.org/tubong

🎍🌼 KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists in Tubong to Living Ancestors. Three-night tribute of music, dance, film, and poetry arrives as Filipino American History Month and Indigenous Peoples day. Directed & Choreographed by “Manai” Alleluia Panis Alleluia Panis DanceTheater with Music Direction by John Calloway John Calloway . Featuring live performances by Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble. 🪷🌺

Show Dates 🗓️
8:00 PM, Friday, October 9, 2026
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 10, 2026
5:00 PM, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Venue 🏟️
Dance Mission Theatre
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Learn traditional Kulintang music from scratch i

𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 | Tickets now availablewww.kularts-sf.org/tubong 🎍🌼 KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists...
08/28/2026

𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 | Tickets now available
www.kularts-sf.org/tubong

🎍🌼 KULARTS to Honor Seventeen Legacy Artists in Tubong to Living Ancestors. Three-night tribute of music, dance, film, and poetry arrives as Filipino American History Month and Indigenous Peoples day. Directed & Choreographed by “Manai” Alleluia Panis with Music Direction by John Calloway. Featuring live performances by Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble. 🪷🌺

Show Dates 🗓️
8:00 PM, Friday, October 9, 2026
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 10, 2026
5:00 PM, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Venue 🏟️
Dance Mission Theatre 
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

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The production transforms the stage into an immersive sacred space where Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre, John Calloway and the Kulintang Jazz Art Ensemble, and select legacy artists perform new works alongside restaged excerpts from the 1990s productions “Cycles: Timeless Rituals to Ancient Icons” and “Diwata,” exploring the intersection of indigenous ritual and contemporary performance to pay homage to our legacy artists.

*Tubong [too-bung], also known as “Putong,” means “to crown.” It is a communal ritual performed to honor village elders, traditionally practiced by the Tagalog people.

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Sponsored by SOMA Pilipinas’ (SOMA Pilipinas ) 10th year anniversary celebrations. Tubing to Living Anvestors is made possible with funding from the Kenneth Ranin Foundation (Kenneth Rainin Foundation ) and the Zellarbach Family Foundation (Zellerbach Family Foundation ).

Our deepest and heartfelt pasalamat to everyone who supported our latest production, “Burden of Proof.” We are truly ble...
05/01/2026

Our deepest and heartfelt pasalamat to everyone who supported our latest production, “Burden of Proof.” We are truly blessed to have had 6 consecutive sold out shows. The KULARTS family is deeply honored that you chose to uplift and stand with the stories of those who have survived and risen above forces that attempt to silence them.

This story asks us to sit with discomfort, to confront hard truths, and to reflect on the realities that continue to shape our communities. We recognize the weight of that and we thank you for holding up that mirror and meeting it with openness and care. Thank you for going on this journey with the Calliano family through all the joys and hardships that life will present.

It is our hope that what you experienced doesn’t end when you leave the theater. That it lingers, sparks conversation, deepens understanding, and moves us all toward imagining and demanding a more just and compassionate world.

To the entire cast and crew of this production, your hearts are felt. Thank you for your care, honor, and compassion in developing this project for the past 2 years. To Jason Magabo Perez and Nanay Lenora Magabo Perez, we embrace you and keep your story in our hearts as we continue to share this experience beyond our generation. Thank you for being an example of resilience.

May the Mga Diwata continue to guide and bless our efforts as we move forward with touring this work, ensuring its impact reaches new audiences and resonates deeply with all who experience it.

Mabuhay tayong lahat! Taus punong pasa-salaamat!

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Maraming Maraming salamat to Jason Magabo Perez and Nanay Leonora Magabo Perez for allowing us to hold your story and sh...
04/25/2026

Maraming Maraming salamat to Jason Magabo Perez and Nanay Leonora Magabo Perez for allowing us to hold your story and share it through dance theatre. 🕊️💐

We thank you and your family for your resilience and courage to continue to rise above all. In witnessing your survival, may we all recognize our own power in standing strong as an individual, as family, and as a community against all and any adversity.

The cast and creative team are privileged to be standing in your power and are empowered to keep on fighting, without fear.

Makibaka! Huwag Matakot🔥

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 by Lily Janiak ( ) Read the full article on the SF Chronicle Website!https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/...
04/24/2026

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 by Lily Janiak ( ) Read the full article on the SF Chronicle Website!

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/dance/article/kularts-burden-of-proof-review-22208149.php

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𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 🎟️

Weekend 2: 🏡
April 24th - 26th, 2026

7pm on Saturdays
3pm on Sundays

🎋$28 Online GA
🌴$35 At the Door

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Inspired by the true story of Pilipina nurses Leonora Perez and Filipina Narciso, who were wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for the 1975 deaths of patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, until a judge ordered their release due to the prosecutor’s “overwhelming prejudice.”

Burden of Proof by “Manai” Alleluia Panis ( ) is an immersive multimedia dance performance, that delves into the generational trauma inflicted by the American justice system and how traumatic experiences blur the line between memory and nightmare, told through the lens of the fictional Calinao immigrant family. Original sound score features text drawn from the diary of Leonora Magabo Perez and the writings of her son, Jason Magabo Perez ( ), 2024 San Diego Poet Laureate.

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Photos by .ig

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𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙤 ( ) as “The Kapre” in 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 By “Manai” Alleluia Panis. NOW PLAYING.𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: Jess DeFran...
04/24/2026

𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙤 ( ) as “The Kapre” in 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 By “Manai” Alleluia Panis. NOW PLAYING.

𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: Jess DeFranco grew up in the Bay Area and is a San Francisco based dancer. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University, she began working as a freelance performing artist and dance educator. Her first collaboration with KULARTS was in 2022 and 2023 with “Nursing these Wounds”, followed by the “AntingAnting Project” and presenting her choreography in “Queering Pilipinx Aesthetics” in 2024.

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𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 🎟️
www.kularts-sf.org/burden-of-proof

Playing at Bindlestiff Studio for the next TWO WEEKS ✨

Weekend 1: 🕊️
April 17th - 19th, 2026

Weekend 2: 🏡
April 24th - 26th, 2026

7pm on Saturdays
3pm on Sundays

🎋$28 Online GA
🌴$35 At the Door

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Burden of Proof by “Manai” Alleluia Panis ( ) is an immersive multimedia dance performance, that delves into the generational trauma inflicted by the American justice system and how traumatic experiences blur the line between memory and nightmare, told through the lens of the fictional Calinao immigrant family. Original sound score features text drawn from the diary of Leonora Magabo Perez and the writings of her son, Jason Magabo Perez ( ), 2024 San Diego Poet Laureate.

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Photos by .ig

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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